Best Auld Alliance Potted French Blue Cheese And Scotch Whisky Pate Recipes

TOMATO AND WHISKY SAUCE

Steps:

• Chop the tomatoes and place in a saucepan with the other ingredients.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Store refrigerated.

FRENCH GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Melt butter over low heat in small saucepan. Whisk in flour until blended. Continue to stir and cook butter and flour for 1-2 minutes. Slowly add scalded milk, whisking continually, until mixture is smooth and thickened. Remove from heat, stir in salt, garlic salt, 1/2 cup Swiss cheese and all of Parmesan cheese until cheese is melted and set aside.
• Toast bread slices on large baking sheet on both sides under broiler until golden brown. Remove from oven.
• Brush each bread slice with Dijon mustard. Place sliced ham on half of bread slices and top each with 1/2 of remaining Swiss cheese and remaining 1/2 of bread slices. Spread reserved cheese sauce over tops of sandwiches, sprinkle with left over Swiss cheese.
• Bake sandwiches for 5 minutes. Place under broiler for additional 2-4 minutes, or until tops are browned and bubbly. Watch closely to avoid burning tops. Serve immediately.

AULD ALLIANCE: FRENCH ROQUEFORT CHEESE AND SCOTCH WHISKY PATE

Steps:

• Pound the cheese to a thick cream. Add drop by drop as much whisky as it will 'drink' to make a firm cream.
• Pack into small earthenware pots or ramekins and chill in the fridge for 3 to 4 hours.
• Serve the pâté with hot buttered toast, water crackers, or oatcakes, and seasonal fresh fruits or vegetables. Also a great appetizer filling, and a delicious topping for steak!

BEEF IN CLARET

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a frying pan until it is lightly brown.
• Add the onions and cook uncovered for roughly ten minutes.
• Then add the mushrooms, stir, cover and cook gently for a further ten minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 300F/150C/Gas Mark 2.
• Cut the stewing steak into cubes roughly 1½" square.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the cubes of meat.
• Place in a casserole, add the garlic and sprinkle the flour over the meat.
• Place in the oven uncovered for 15 minutes to continue the browning process.
• Stir from time to time.
• Add the wine, light seasoning and herbs.
• Cover and simmer for 3 hours or until the meat is tender.
• Remove from the oven and stir in the trimmings.
• Heat for a further five minutes and serve with boiled potatoes sprinkled with chopped parsley.
• If you have another bottle of Burgundy or Beaujolais to drink with the meal- so much the better!

FRENCH ROQUEFORT FLAN

Steps:

• Bring the milk to a boil.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Meanwhile, in a salad bowl, crush the Roquefort cheese with a fork.
• Add an egg and mix, then add the flour and keep crushing with the fork in order to obtain the smoothest mixture that you can. Add the last 3 eggs, one by one, while beating like an omelette.
• Add a little salt (Careful! Roquefort cheese can be very salty) and generous pepper.
• Pour the milk slowly in the mixture while mixing.
• Pour the preparation in a non-stick pan and bake in oven for 35 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature on a bed of lettuce.